The challenges of managing cross-cultural virtual project teams

Team Performance Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Oertig, Margaret ^a   Buergi, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Team management; Teambuilding; Trust; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745858657     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590610652774     Document Type: Article

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